Dan Stolts
IT Pro Evangelist
US DPE - North East
Microsoft Corporation
http://blogs.technet.com/danstolts
Agenda
Windows Networking: from Windows Vista to Windows 7
Networking with Windows Vista
Information Worker’s World Changing
DirectAccess Video
BranchCache Video
Closing, Evaluations, Prize Drawing
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Windows Vista Networking
Windows Vista has been the most significant
investment in networking since Windows 95
Easier Connectivity
Wireless Reliability
Rich End-to-End Security
Server & Domain Isolation - IPSec
Greater Manageability
Policy-based Quality of Service (eQoS)
Scalable Architecture
Network Auto-tuning & IPv6
Focus on Return On Investment, Greater
Productivity
Windows Vista Networking –
Results
“Just upgrading client PCs to Microsoft’s Windows
Vista can yield throughput and time-to-completion
improvements of up to 3X over Windows XP.
Complete migration of servers to Windows Server
2008 can yield throughput and time-to-completion
improvements of up to 4X over Windows
XP/Windows Server 2003.”
Enhanced Network Performance with Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
By Tolly Group
Information Worker’s World Has
Been Changing
CENTRAL
OFFICE
BRANCH
OFFICES
REMOTE
WORK
MOBILE & DISTRIBUTED
WORKFORCE
Remote Access for Mobile Workers
Windows 7 Solution
Situation Today
DirectAccess
Office
Home
Challenging for IT to manage, update,
patch mobile PCs while disconnected
from company network
Difficult for users to access corporate
resources from outside the office
Office
Home
Corporate network boundary
includes managed assets no matter
where they are on the Internet
Easy to service mobile PCs and
distribute updates and polices
New network paradigm increases
mobile user productivity by providing
same experience inside & outside
the office
DirectAccess
Technical Details
Internet
NAP /
NPS
Servers
Compliant
Client
Compliant
Client
Tunnel over IPv4 UDP, TLS, etc.
DirectAccess
Server
Intranet
User
Assume the underlying network is always insecure
Data Center and Business
Critical Resources
Enterprise
Network
Compliant
Network
Intranet
User
Redefine enterprise network edge to insulate the
datacenter and business critical resources
DirectAccess Deployment
Get ready step by step
Determine your strategy
Be ready to monitor IPv6 traffic
Choose an Access Model: Full Intranet Access vs. Selected Server
Access?
Assess deployment scale
Get your infrastructure ready
Windows 7 clients
Windows Server 2008 R2 DirectAccess Server
DC, DNS Server, Active Directory, PKI, Application Servers, etc.
During deployment
Use DirectAccess configuration wizard to setup DirectAccess
Server and generate policies for clients, application servers,
and DC/DNS
Customize policies as needed
DirectAccess Benefits
IT Pro Benefits
Improved manageability of remote users
IT simplification and cost reduction
Consistent security for all access scenarios
End User Benefits
Seamless & secure access to corporate resources
Consistent connectivity experience in / out office
Combined with other Windows 7 features enhances
the end to end IW experience
DirectAccess
Branch Office Enhancements
Situation Today
Application and data access over WAN is slow in branch offices
Slow connections hurt user productivity
Improving network performance is expensive and difficult to implement
Windows 7 Solution
BranchCache
™
SMB
1.Enhancements
Transparent Caching
2. Improved Office Experience
3. Offline Files Enhancements
Improve user productivity
Reduce network bandwidth
utilization
BranchCache™
Windows 7 Solution
Caches content downloaded from
file and Web servers
Users in the branch can quickly
open files stored in the cache
Frees up network bandwidth for
other uses
Technical Details
Authenticates current state of data and access rights of the user against
the server
Supports commonly used protocols: HTTP(S), SMB
Support network security protocols (SSL, IPsec)
Requires Windows Server 2008 R2 in the data center and hosted cache
BranchCache Deployment
Use Group Policy to enable
Windows BranchCache on
Windows 7 clients
Install the optional “Windows
BranchCache” component on a
Windows 2008 R2 web or file
server
Hosted
Cache
IIS
File Server
Group Policy
Management
Optionally, install a hosted cache in
your branch. Configure clients to use it
with
Group Policy
BranchCache Benefits
IT Pro Benefits
Optimize network utilization:
HTTP and HTTPS-based intranet traffic
SMB (and signed SMB) shares on the read path
Support network security protocols (SSL, IPsec)
Reduce the cost of managing WAN
End User Benefits
Improve application responsiveness and reduce file transfer
wait time
Combined with other SMB offerings enhance the user
experience on remote shares
BranchCache
Springboard Series on TechNet: The Key Resource for IT Pros
Adoption lifecycle assets: right level, right time
“Zones” for top tasks
Weekly & Monthly dynamic content
Springboard Series Blog—dynamic updates
Top assets: downloads, learning
Community blogs, forums
www.microsoft.com/springboard (in 10 languages)
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